In the culture people talk about trauma as an event that happened a long time ago. But what trauma is, is the imprints that event has left on your mind and in your sensations... the discomfort you feel and the agitation you feel and the rage and the helplessness you feel right now.

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

I would remember this as one of those moments in life that I can hold onto and smile about, forever.

— Belle Hale

Violinists wear the imprint on their necks with pride For they are the players of harmony. Pilgrims, too, wear the imprint on their foreheads with pride For they are the conductors of unity. And Lovers? Why, they are made humble by the imprint on their hearts For they are merely the instruments of rhapsody.

— Kamand Kojouri

You have been missing from me for far too long.

— Belle Hale